On 11-01-2010 01:25:45 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > > Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal DEPEND > > is not sufficient? > > PYTHON_DEPEND is intented to simplify specification of dependency on Python. > > PYTHON_DEPEND="2:2.5" is shorter than: > DEPEND="|| ( =dev-lang/python-2.7* =dev-lang/python-2.6* > =dev-lang/python-2.5* )"
So if there is enough space to express the dependency with the current syntax, is it worth introducing a new shorthand for it then? Also for this example, why does 2:2.5 expand to 2.7, 2.6 and 2.5? I would have expected 2.0 ... 2.5. Maybe the language isn't as intuitive then as Sebastian pointed out. -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
